Cutter head



April 15, 1930. v w. BEAN ET AL 1,754,930

TTTTTTTT AD Patented Apr. 15, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAMG. BEAN AND ULYSSES M. COOL, OF BURBANK, CALIFORNIA CUTTER HEADApplication filed June 4,

The present invention relates to cutter heads for shapers, such as areused for shaping the parts of window sashes and doors which receive theglass panes, or for similar purposes, and it is an object of theinvention to provide novel and improved cutter head which cansimultaneously finish several different surfaces of the wood, in orderto eliminate separate operations as heretofore required.

Another object is the provision of a cutter head of the kind indicatedhaving novel provisions for receiving and holding the knives or cutters,in order that they may completely l3 finish the corresponding side ofthe stick or bar of wood.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent asthe description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, it beingunderstood that changes can be made within the scope of what is claimed,without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure1 is a side elevation of the improved cutter head.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation looking at right angles to the line of viewin Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plane view of the intermediate collar.

On the shaft or spindle 7 are disposed the collars 8 and 9, the latterseating against a :23 shoulder or abutment 10 on the spindle, and a nut11 is threaded on the terminal of the spindle to clamp the collars andother parts between said nut and the abutment 10.

The collar 8 has chordal grooves 12 across 49 its inner face receivingthe knives or cutters 13, and the collar 9 has chordal grooves 14extending across its confronting face and re ceiving the knives orcutters 15 and 16.

An intermediate collar 17 is disposed on the spindle, and has thechordal grooves 18 and 19 extending across its opposite faces, with thegrooves 18 parallel with one another and at right angles to the parallelgrooves 19. The grooves 18 receive the cutters 13, while the so grooves19 receive the cutters 15 and 16,

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whereby the cutters 13 are clamped between the collars 8 and 17, whilethe cutters 15 and 16 are clamped between the collars 9 and 17,

when the nut 11 is tightened.

The grooves 18 and 19 of the collar 17 are of such depth as to extendbeyond a common plane parallel with the faces of the collar, whereby theadjacent edges of the cutters 13 and the cutters 15,

16 extend slightly beyond said common plane, to obtain overlapping cuts.

duce the molding effect; and the cutter 16 finishes the surface 22 for arail or style of a window sash, door, or the like, although the cuttersmay be of work of various sorts.

different kinds for doing The cuts made by the cutters 13 and by thecutters 15, 16 will overlap, thereby providing for smooth, accurate andneat work, and the surfaces 20, 21 and 22 may be simultaneously finishedwith a saving in time, instead of requiring separate operations.

The cutter head may be used for curved as well as straight work, such asfor curved rails of curved window sashes, and the like.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A cutterhead comprising a spindle, three collars thereon having complementinggrooves in their confronting faces, and cutters between the collarsseated in said grooves, the grooves in the opposite faces of theintermediate collar being arranged at an angle to one another in chordalsaid grooves being beyond a common positions on the collar and of suchdepth as to extend plane so that the cutters produce overlapping cuts,the grooves and cutters being arranged in pairs at the opposite sides ofthe spindle.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures.

WILLIAM G. BEAN. ULYSSES M. COUL.

